Judgment Day (2005)
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand | SmackDown! | ||
| Date | May 22, 2005 | ||
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
| Venue | Target Center | ||
| Attendance | 12,000 | ||
| Buy rate | 220,000 | ||
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The 2005 Judgment Day was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the seventh Judgment Day and took place on May 22, 2005, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event exclusively featured wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown! brand division.
The main event was an "I Quit" match featuring two wrestlers fighting until one stated "I Quit." WWE Champion John Cena defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) to retain his championship. Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard. In respective standard wrestling matches, Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero by disqualification and Booker T defeated Kurt Angle.
Judgment Day grossed over $500,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 9,500, and received 220,000 pay-per-view buys. This event helped WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $4.7 million compared to the previous year.